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They did that report back in Dec 1998. The Journal News had a two or three day series that made everyone look bad with a similar style to the Newsday article. The only department that came out relatively unscathed was Yonkers.

Also look at University of Maryland, a guy I went to college with transferred there to get his fire science degree. From what other firefighters in Delaware and Maryland have said its a really good program. There is also a station on College Park's campus that allows students to ride.

Pocantico Hills has a 1994 Pierce engine, a 1980's Hahn engine, a brand new KME pumper-tanker, and at least one chief car. They also use to have a 1930's or 1940's antique engine, but with the new truck I don't know if they kept it or its at another location.

The call probably got dispatched as a minor mva no fire apparatus needed but when the ambulance got to the scene they realized they needed the extra backs. So yes you are right the engine was there for BLS support. The ems crew was following BMFD's protocol for lift assists where they call for eng 92 or Res 37 depending on what side of the village the call is on. Regarding Archville's district, as far as I know there district covers the extreme southern end of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club (with the district line virtually going through the horse stables). They also cover Sleepy Hollow rd and the extension up until the borders of the Village of Briarcliff and Sleepy Hollow. I don't know if AFD's district includes Phelps are not but they do protect most of Rockfeller Park by the river and the old IBM building which I think is now New York Life. They have a mutual aid agreement with Pocantico Hills for all structure calls. There is an agreement with Briarcliff, where Eng 92 responds as requested by Archville's IC to the scene of MVA's. Since Archville was not dispatched for this mva the IC most likely was the ambulance's crew chief who requested the help for lifting. I also want to point out that the majority, if not all, of Archville's fire district is covered by Briarcliff Ambulance. If I missed anything I'm sure engine 235 or any member of Scarborough Engine Company will correct me. Hope this has been helpful.

I believe White Plains does have one volunteer company with an old Maxim engine for their truck. However they rarely get called out. I've seen them a march couple of times at the Ossining parade.

It looks like Catract Hose's 1957 Maxim. I know they sold it to a German "film" director in 1978. I don't if you could blow up the picture but it looks on the driver side door it still has the lettering for Cataract.

Really bad fire I remember was the Main St fire in Ossining in 1995. The old Kipps Pharmacy building and two other buildings caught fire. I believe it was started by a spark in the wiring in a dentist office. It seemed like they were there for 3 days putting out the fire. Another large fire that I have heard from and surprised people haven't posted yet was the GM plant fire of 1968 where the fire was so intense it melted the plastic on the Sleepy Hollow trucks.

I believe Ossining Fire Departments Senate H&L and Steamer firehouses are the oldest. Both firehouses were built in the 1880's. Steamer's firehouse is still very active while Senate's I'm not sure how active it is with the arrival of their new truck.

I talked to a fellow firefighter in my department who just so happened to be a Mount Vernon volunteer firefighter. I showed him the posting about John Maeder and he rattled off a couple things he remembered about him. He remembered him being a captain MVFD Co. 5 and he further talked about how John was an extremely rich man for that time period. John was so rich that he wanted to buy himself a brand new firetruck and respond by himself. He did not know John ever had a job because of his wealth that he inherited. He did not get any further because he had not been in contact with John in over 35 years and his memory was kind of rusty, but he was going to talk to one of his friends who also is an old MVFD volunteer and see what he remembers of John Maeder. I'll post more when I get more info from my fellow firefighter. We both hope this was helpful.